1. 60 percent of the jobs that women have started since 2010 have been in low-paid industries.
2. One in four women is now in a low-paid job.
3. There are more than 40,000 fewer childcare places than in 2010.
4. There are more than 750 fewer Sure Start centres.
5. More and more families are relying on other family members to help with childcare – 1.9 million grandparents have given up their job, reduced their hours, or taken time off work to look after their grandchildren.
6. It is now harder for women to seek justice at work. The Tories brought in employment tribunal fees and as a result sex discrimination claims have fallen by more than 80 percent.
7. David Cameron broke his promise that by the end of this Parliament one third of his Cabinet would be women.
Labour has a better plan. Read our manifesto for women here.
Labour leader Ed Miliband’s decision to participate in the so-called
“challengers’ debate” never made much sense. Why would he
voluntarily take part in an event where you’re the only possible prime
minister on the stage, setting yourself up for attacks from minor,
insurgent parties on every side?
But the reason for this is now abundantly clear. Ed obviously had a
variety of sassy reaction faces he felt he needed to get on TV, and what
better forum than a slightly unhinged debate where Nigel Farage was
going to bellow about immigration every thirty seconds?
